Evidence for God from Science

If one can accept theistic evolution as God's plan and that God decided to breath the life of spirit into a homind or what not, then we are just special monkeys? Why would God pick a mere monkey to make special?

I strongly feel theistic evolution is modern society's attempt to fit creation with God in an attempt to not discredit the religion. I feel you can only have it one way. Man was created in God's image *uniquely* or else religion is false.

Well, to be honest it falls on one question really, and it lingers in the back of my mind all the time. I have a hanging fear that we evolved gradually over time through chimpanzees and its common ancestors. So many similarities in the bone structures really makes me wonder. Arguments saying they ar...

Because I am easily impressionable at times when I am ignorant of the facts, I have a weak faith. I really wish I could have a solid belief like a lot of you guys. I'm really scared that I sit here day by day pondering this, day by day, doing nothing else that I will waste away my life trying to com...

Thanks, if you'd be so kind, would you provide me a brief explanation at to why your faith is so strong and what has made it that way?

So from an outsiders perspective, looking at the bible and the non new testement accounts of Jesus, do you truly believe there is enough evidence to conclude this is God's son who was resurrected?

Interesting, thanks for digging up those documents for me. I do have a few other questions though. That we know of of the original people who claimed to see the ressurection of Christ, how many died as martyrs saying that they believed in what they had seen?

Do we have any records of Paul's existance outside of the New Testement?

I don't know about killer, but there are torn pieces from a few. Like maybe Mark has additions to it that weren't there before, the old Hume argument that deceptions are always more likely than the supernatural, etc. My problem isn't really the arguments themselves so much as how they get to me. Li...

Oh no, my problem isn't doubting Jesus existed. I have read the Ancient Evidence for Jesus and The Case for the Ressurection of Jesus both by Gary Habermas, as well as Strobel's case for Christ. Both are good reads, and I have read all of the secular historical documents from ancient rome and the li...

This might be a loaded question, but how do we know with certainty that the gospel writers didn't just make this up? Is there records outside of the gospel that mention Paul?

Interesting response, thanks for that. Considering all the evidence and reasons for believing that a lot of people around here proclaim there to be, I wonder why I am not getting any other responses? I am not a guy wanting to jeer for answers, I have an honest intent to find my way into Christianity...

I hope to come to this same conclusion. I have ordered a book called the historical reliability of the gospels by Craig Blomberg for additional reading. You are right as well that I can't tell a solid argument from dogmatic rhetoric. I am a newbie to this and am kind of overwhelmed as to who's righ...

Thank you. I've read a good deal of the articles on the main page that I do enjoy. I'd say one thing in particular that bothers me is how reliable the gospel accounts are. The Gospels are some of if not THE most reliable historical documents to ever exist. Atheist forums are a joke in my experience...

Fürstentum Liechtenstein wrote:

PaulB007 wrote:I'd say one thing in particular that bothers me is how reliable the gospel accounts are.

Both B.W. and I are former atheists and fools. Take our advice: stay away from atheist forums for now. Are you willing to do this?

FL

Yes I will.